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The Fortitude Chronicle: A Weekly Digest of Athletic Determination
This Week's Top Picks on Culture, Mindset, and Leadership
Colin Jonov
November 06, 2025
The Fortitude Chronicle: A Weekly Digest of Athletic Determination
Dear Fortitude family,
Welcome back to my midweek motivation! Each day and week brings its own set of experiences and inspirations, compelling me to share my thoughts with all of you.
I'm excited to share my top picks of the week from social media, and I encourage everyone to send in the posts that inspire you. There's a wealth of amazing content out there that deserves recognition! As our community expands, I'll make sure to highlight the submissions that resonate with all of us. Let's keep sharing and growing together!
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The Playbook
This Week
Cooper Kupp never “arrived.”
🚫 Overlooked in high school
🚫 Overlooked in college
🚫 Overlooked in the NFLHis mindset?
“I just worked really freaking hard.”Talent opens the door.
Relentless work keeps you in the room.Champions are built, not born.
— Greg Berge (@gb1121)
12:30 PM • Nov 5, 2025
It’s simple: If you want to do extraordinary things, you have to be willing to lose the approval of ordinary people.
— Mark Manson (@IAmMarkManson)
2:01 PM • Nov 1, 2025
You don’t lose discipline all at once. It slips away in small negotiations; five more minutes, one skipped task, one delayed decision. Each moment feels harmless, but the brain records it as proof that comfort wins. Rebuilding discipline starts with catching those whispers.
— Spartan Psyche (@SpartanPsyche)
6:30 AM • Oct 30, 2025
A mentor once told me: "Discipline is simply the act of remembering who you said you wanted to be and then acting like it." The question isn't "Can you do it?" It's "Are you willing to live like the person you claim you want to become?" If the answer is yes, anything is possible.
— Blake Burge (@blakeaburge)
11:57 AM • Oct 30, 2025
“You don’t need to change everything in order for everything to change.”
— Alan Stein, Jr. (@AlanSteinJr)
1:30 AM • Oct 29, 2025
A question to ask before working with someone:
“How is this person going to treat me when they have the opportunity to be selfish?”
— Leila Hormozi (@LeilaHormozi)
1:10 PM • Oct 29, 2025
Not a lot of people understand this... but you actually don’t have to have an opinion about everything. You don’t have to decide if something is good or bad. Marcus Aurelius says limiting the amount of opinions we have is one of the most powerful things we can do in life.
— Ryan Holiday (@RyanHoliday)
6:57 PM • Oct 29, 2025
Confidence is a byproduct of competence.
Most people have this backwards.
They think: Build confidence → Perform better
Reality: Build competence → Confidence followsA surgeon just proved this to me. Through depression, divorce, and life chaos, he still saves lives.
His
— Colin Jonov (@ColkyJonov10)
11:58 AM • Oct 27, 2025
To Building Fortitude.
Warm regards,
Colin Jonov CEO & Founder, Athletic Fortitude
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